EXPOUNDING SCRIPTURE.
A Scotch clergyman once said the great peculiarity of tiie old Scottish elder or deacon was his power of expounding Scripture ; he was never at a loss about the meaning of a passage. As an illustration of this he said : An elder was reading and commenting upon the thirty-fourth Psalm, and, the book printed in the old style, when be came to verse thirteen be saw—“ Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile.” The lact two words lie read aloud as “ squeaking girls,” and then he remarked by way of exposition—“ It is evident from this passage the Scripture does not absolutely forbid kissing, but, as in Christianity, everything is to be done decently and in order, we are encouraged by the passage to choose rather those girls that take it quietly, and not those that squeak under the operation.”
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Western Star, Issue 1576, 4 July 1891, Page 1
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